Bøger af Sophie Hannah

Verdens mest elskede detektiv, Hercule Poirot – den legendariske stjerne fra Agatha Christies Mordet i Orientekspressen og i nyere tid Monogram-mordene og Skæbnesvangert testamente – vender tilbage i en velskrevet, diabolsk snedig krimi, der foregår i 1930’ernes London.tDa Hercule Poirot kommer hjem fra frokost en dag, bliver han mødt af en vred kvinde, der venter uden for hans dør. Hun kræver at få at vide, hvorfor Poirot har sendt hende et brev, hvor han anklager hende for mordet på Barnabas Pandy – en mand, som hun aldrig har mødt eller hørt om.Poirot har heller aldrig hørt om Barnabas Pandy og har ikke anklaget nogen for mord. Rystet går han ind i sit hjem, for blot at opdage, at han har en gæst, der venter på ham – en mand, som også hævder at have modtaget et brev fra Poirot samme morgen, hvori han anklages for mordet på Barnabas Pandy.Poirot spekulerer på, hvor mange flere breve af den slags, der er blevet sendt i hans navn. Hvem har sendt dem, og hvorfor? Og vigtigere endnu: Hvem er Barnabas Pandy? Er han død? Og hvis det er tilfældet, blev han så myrdet? Og kan Poirot finde svarene uden at bringe flere menneskeliv i fare?"Er man fan af Hercule Poirot, vil man ikke blive skuffet her." - DBCidden /title /head body center h1 403 Forbidden /h1 /center /body /htmlSophie Hannah (født 1971 i Manchester) er en gudsbenådet forfatter. Hun har skrevet lyrik, noveller, børnebøger, romaner og krimier og er blevet oversat til mere end 30 sprog.Agatha Christies arvinger har specifikt valgt Sophie Hannah til at føre Poirots arv videre og hædre et elsket forfatterskab, der i 2015 kunne fejre 125 års jubilæum.

Make-up for You

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a sharp, captivating, and expertly plotted tale of psychological suspense.All Beth has to do is drive her son to his soccer game, watch him play, and then return home. Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the field, that doesnt mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasnt seen Flora for twelve years. She doesnt want to see her todayor ever again. But she cant resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House, watches from across the road as Flora arrives and calls to her children Thomas and Emily to get out of the car. Except . . . Theres something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt, but they havent changed at all. They are no taller, no older. Why havent they grown? How is it possible that they havent grown up?

The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot - the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket-returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in 1930's London.

Vi er i London. Året er 1929 – i starten af Poirots karriere som privatdetektiv. Under en frokost bliver Poirot forstyrret af en ung dame, som fortæller, at hun vil blive myrdet. Hun er bange, men beder ham alligevel indtrængende om ikke at afsløre morderen, eftersom hun har fortjent sin død, og drabet er retfærdigt. Den dødsensangste unge kvindes forsvinden sætter alligevel Poirot i gang med jagten på en seriemorder, som efterlader en guldmanchetknap med initialerne PIJ i munden på sine ofre.”Nej. Åh, jeg har sagt for meget! Hvor er jeg dog dum! Jeg fortalte Dem det kun fordi De ser så venlig ud, og jeg troede De ikke kunne gøre noget. Hvis De ikke havde sagt at De var pensioneret og fra et andet land, ville jeg ikke have sagt et ord! Lov mig det her: Hvis jeg bliver fundet død, skal De sige til Deres ven, politimanden, at han ikke må lede efter min morder.”Hun klemte øjnene i og foldede hænderne. ”Åh, lad ikke nogen åbne deres munde! Denne forbrydelse må aldrig blive opklaret. Lov mig at De vil sige det til Deres ven, politimanden, og få ham til at være enig? Hvis De er interesseret i retfærdighed, så gør som jeg beder Dem om.”Sophie Hannah (født 1971 i Manchester) er en gudsbenådet forfatter. Hun har skrevet lyrik, noveller, børnebøger, romaner og krimier og er blevet oversat til 20 sprog. To af hendes krimier er blevet filmatiseret.Agatha Christies arvinger har specifikt valgt Sophie Hannah til at føre Poirots arv videre og hædre et elsket forfatterskab, der snart kan fejre 125 års jubilæum.

"I'm a dead woman, or I shall be soon . . ."Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. Though terrified, she begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a London Hotel have been murdered, and a monogrammed cufflink has been placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim.

Vi er i London. Året er 1929 ¿ i starten af Poirots karriere som privatdetektiv. Under en frokost bliver Poirot forstyrret af en ung dame, som fortæller, at hun vil blive myrdet. Hun er bange, men beder ham alligevel indtrængende om ikke at afsløre morderen, eftersom hun har fortjent sin død, og drabet er retfærdigt. Den dødsensangste unge kvindes forsvinden sætter alligevel Poirot i gang med jagten på en seriemorder, som efterlader en guldmanchetknap med initialerne PIJ i munden på sine ofre.-

Vuelve Hércules Poirot, el detective más célebre de la historia de la novela negra, en un nuevo y apasionante caso.Hércules Poirot viaja en un lujoso autocar a la exclusiva mansión Kingfisher Hill: Richard Devonport le ha pedido ayuda para demostrar que su prometida, Helen, es inocente del asesinato de su hermano, Frank, pese a que ella misma ha confesado el crimen. En el trayecto, una joven sufre un ataque de nervios y exige apearse: afirma que si permanece en su asiento será asesinada. Se organiza un cambio de asiento y el resto del viaje transcurre sin incidentes. Sin embargo, Poirot tiene un mal presentimiento; sus temores se verán confirmados cuando se descubre un cuerpo en la casa de los Devonport con una nota que se refiere al «asiento en el que no debería haberse sentado».¿Podrían este asesinato y el peculiar incidente en el autocar ser pistas para resolver el misterio de quién mató a Frank Devonport? ¿Podrá Poirot encontrar al verdadero asesino?

Vuelve Hércules Poirot, el detective más famoso y brillante de la historia de la novela negra, que ha conquistado a más de 2 billones de lectores.Londres, 1929. Hércules Poirot está cenando en el café Pleasant cuando una mujer irrumpe en el local y le confía que alguien está a punto de matarla. Le ruega que no investigue, pues con su muerte, dice, se habrá hecho justicia.Unas horas más tarde, tres personas son asesinadas en un elegante hotel londinense. Poirot no puede evitar involucrarse en el caso, pero, mientras él se esfuerza en ordenar todas las piezas, el asesino se prepara para volver a matar.Desde la publicación de su primera obra en 1920, Agatha Christie escribió treinta y tres novelas, dos obras de teatro y más de cincuenta historias breves con el personaje de Hércules Poirot. Ahora, por primera vez, los albaceas de su legado han aprobado la creación una nueva novela protagonizada por el personaje más querido de la Dama del Crimen.En manos de Sophie Hannah, autora de varios bestsellers internacionales, Poirot se sumerge en un misterio ambientado en el Londres de los años 20, un puzle diabólicamente inteligente que solo puede ser resuelto por el talento sin par del gran detective belga y su «materia gris».«La idea de Sophie para la trama era tan adictiva y su pasión por el trabajo de mi abuela tan fuerte que tuvimos la certeza de que había llegado el momento de escribir una nueva Christie.» Mathew Prichard, director de Agatha Christie Limited y nieto de Agatha Christie.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and Woman with a Secret returns with a disturbing tale of psychological suspense and obsession that hits at the heart of some of our most precious relationships.What if having a best friend could put you in the crosshairs of a killer?A psychopath the police have dubbed "Billy Dead Mates" is targeting pairs of best friends, and killing them one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book.For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or figure out what the white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. The police are on edge; the public in a panic. Then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. What she reveals shocks the investigators and adds another troubling layer to an already complex case.Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did last year. Was the stranger Billy, and is he targeting her--or is it something more nefarious? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how--and why--could Billy Dead Mates want to target her? If it's not her, then who will be the next to die?Sophie Hannah raises the stakes with each successive page in this haunting and twisting thriller that reaffirms her place as one of today's most talented suspense writers.

En el centenario de su creación, vuelve Hércules Poirot, el detective más famoso y brillante de la historia de la novela negra, que ha conquistado a más de 2 billones de lectores.Irlanda, 1929. Lady Athelinda Playford, una reconocida escritora de novelas de detectives para niños, ha invitado a varias personas a pasar una semana con ella en Lillieoak, su casa de campo. Además de su hijo y su hija con sus respectivas parejas, su secretario personal y la enfermera de éste, también dos abogados, Gathercole y Rolfe, han sido citados, así como los detectives de Scotland Yard, Hércules Poirot y Edward Catchpool. Nadie conoce el motivo a semejante invitación. Sin embargo, el misterio es rápidamente desvelado: Athie anuncia que los herederos de toda su fortuna no serán sus hijos sino Joseph, su secretario, aquejado de una enfermedad terminal. ¿Qué razón ha impulsado a Athie a dejarle todo su dinero a alguien que no es de su familia? Pero todos los invitados deberán hacer frente a otra fatídica sorpresa: uno de ellos ha sido asesinado. ¿Quién y por qué ha cometido el crimen? El misterio está servido. ¿Será capaz el peculiar Hércules Poirot de desvelarlo?

Honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences in the latest gripping, twisty psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah. Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort......until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours. At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless--but why would anyone do that?Jane has no idea.But someone in this dining room will be dead before breakfast, and all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could have possibly committed the crime.

Honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences in the latest gripping, twisty psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah.Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort......until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to ?Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours.? At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless?but why would anyone do that?Jane has no idea.But someone in this dining room will be dead before breakfast, and all the evidence will suggest that no one there that night could have possibly committed the crime.

Everybody has their secrets Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man’s house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family’s holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerized by two children in a school playground—children she’s never met but whose names she knows well? All will be revealed . . . but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again.

Television producer Fliss Benson is surprised to discover that her superstar boss, Laurie Nattrass, is taking over her documentary about crib-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. When one of the mothers is found dead, a masterful tale of psychological suspense begins.

"I'm a dead woman, or I shall be soon . . ."Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. Though terrified, she begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a London Hotel have been murdered, and a monogrammed cufflink has been placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim.

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders.You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better.You've left the city?and the career that nearly destroyed you?for a fresh start on the coast. But trouble begins when your daughter withdraws, after her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school.You beg the principal to reconsider, only to be told that George hasn't been expelled. Because there is, and was, no George.Who is lying? Who is real? Who is in danger? Who is in control? As you search for answers, the anonymous calls begin?a stranger, who insists that you and she share a traumatic past and a guilty secret. And then the caller threatens your life. . . .This is Justine's story. This is Justine's family. This is Justine's game. But it could be yours.

In The Orphan Choir, Sophie Hannah brings us along on a darkly suspenseful investigation of obsession, loss, and the malevolent forces that threaten to break apart a loving family. A mother with an empty nest is being haunted by a ghostly children's choir. Are they giving her an important message that only she can hear, or are their motives more sinister?Louise Beeston is being haunted.Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school, where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. Her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music at all hours of the night-and to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it.Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, Stuart, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled gated community called Swallowfield. But it seems that the haunting melodies of the choir have followed her there. Could it be that her city neighbor has trailed her to Swallowfield, just to play an elaborate, malicious prank? Is there really a ghostly chorus playing outside her door? And why won't they stop? Growing desperate, she begins to worry about her mental health.Against the pleas and growing disquiet of her husband, Louise starts to suspect that this sinister choir is not only real but a warning. But of what? And how can it be, when no one else can hear it?